Facebook has made several updates in a bid to make it easier for people to connect with small businesses on the social network, including overhauling pages on mobile and expanding the jobs tool, among other changes. With an update to pages, Facebook intends to make it easier for people to interact with local businesses and […]
Indian ride-hailing firm Ola announced it plans to launch services in the United Kingdom in 2018, months after it expanded its operations in Australia, in an ongoing turf war with US rival Uber Technologies. Ola, backed by Japan’s Softbank Group, has obtained licences to begin operations in South Wales in September, as well as Greater […]
Facebook has launched three advertising solutions to help publishers of games reach players that are likely to make in-app purchases. Facebook is offering advertising solutions for marketers in the console/PC and mobile gaming industry. Similar to AdColony, the first solution is a playable ad, which is available to advertisers and agencies that opt for the […]
Limitless, the UK-based inventor and provider of a SaaS platform offering crowd sourced customer service, is announcing its latest product – LimitlessLiveMessenger. LimitlessLiveMessenger is an asynchronous messaging product that can be easily deployed on any website and provides businesses with direct access to Limitless’ on-demand Crowd Service platform. The new product allows customers to route […]
China’s Huawei raised its forecast for full-year smartphone shipments to more than 200 million and said it could become the world’s top vendor of the devices in the final quarter of next year. Huawei, which recently displaced Apple as the No. 2 smartphone vendor in the June quarter, expects full-year shipments to beat an initial […]
Google wants to get back into China, and is laying the groundwork for a key part of the initiative: bringing its cloud business to the world’s second-largest economy. The internet giant is in talks with Tencent Holdings Ltd., Inspur Group and other Chinese companies to offer Google cloud services in the mainland, according to people […]
The daily demand for something new on social media is leading to repetitive content and declines in the quality of posts when it comes to influencer marketing. According to a Bazaarvoice survey of 4,000 consumers across Europe, 47 per cent of people are tired of the repetitive nature of influencer content, while 23 per cent question a […]
Almost a third of the UK working population – 10.4 million people – could be using smartphones to be more productive at work, according to new research from Deloitte, Mobile Readiness for Work, which is based on survey responses from 3,369 UK workers. Going mobile: narrowing the productivity gap The study found that of the […]
WhatsApp has finally begun monetising its platform with the launch of its first money-making enterprise product – it’s first revenue stream since dropping the subscription fees from the app that nobody seemed to pay. Following the introduction of its business messaging features and its dedicated business app, the Facebook-owned messaging platform now give businesses the opportunity to provide […]
Marketing software firm Cheetah Digital has bought Stellar Loyalty, a provider of cloud-based customer engagement and loyalty software. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Europe and Asia, the Stellar Loyalty Consumer Relationship Cloud helps brands drive engagement frequency, maximise revenue, and build more meaningful and profitable customer relationships with their customers. Stellar’s customers include […]